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Centre of Entrepreneurship on FinTech is setup by STPI in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat. The best-in-class incubation facility of located at STPI-Gandhinagar, GIFT-City has 50 Plug-n-Play incubation seats for the FinGlobe CoE.

Objective
To encourage the Startups for creation of products and services to penetrate new areas of the financial system and to change the competitive landscape which in turn can motivate the traditional financial firms in this region to invest in technology and to pay attention to changing trends among their customers, a FinGlobe CoE at Gandhinagar is proposed. It will provide a platform for the FinTech & TechFin start-ups as well as potential investors to innovate new products and services with the latest trends and technologies in the financial services sector and can very well lead the next wave of growth of the Indian economy.

Who can Apply
The FinGlobe CoE invites the proposals/applications from Indian Start-ups/companies who are working in Financial Technologies who would like to use FinGlobe CoE Sandbox Bank Environment, Industry APIs & Payment Gateway.

The start-up must be incorporated as a:
• Private Limited Company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or
• Registered Partnership Firm (Regd. under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or
• Limited Liability Partnership (under the Liability Partnership Act 2008)

Terms & Conditions:
• Selected start-ups shall share 5% equity with STPI. Visit: finglobe.stpi.in for more information.
• Each start-up have to book the time slot in advance
• The start-up who wish to avail FinGlobe CoE physical incubation space may approach STPI. The allocation, charges and T&C shall be as per applicable Incubation norms

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